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English noun: mummification | |||
| 1. | mummification (state) a condition resembling that of a mummy | ||
| Samples | Bureaucratic mummification in red tape. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
| 2. | mummification (state) (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color | ||
| Synonyms | cold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gangrene, slough, sphacelus | ||
| Domain category | pathology | ||
| 3. | mummification (act) embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | embalmment | ||
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